Hessay

Hessay
Hessay  Hessay shown within North Yorkshire
Population	265 (2011)
OS grid reference	SE523533
Civil parish	Hessay
Unitary authority	City of York
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YORK
Postcode district	YO26
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	York Outer
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Coordinates: 53°58′25″N 1°12′11″W / 53.97370°N 1.20292°W

Hessay is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England about 5 miles (8 km) west of York.

According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 181, increasing to 265 at the 2011 Census.^[1] Prior to 1996 it had been part of the Harrogate district. Recent developments have increased the population to a larger figure though the actual figure is not known. There are approximately sixty houses in Hessay and about 15 have been built in the last 4 years.

Poppleton Lakes, east of Hessay

Churches

Although the village has no pub, no post office and no shop, it has two fine churches - St. John the Baptist Anglican Church^[2] and the Methodist Church.^[3] The village was given to the St Mary's Abbey, York by Osbern de Archis and continued in their possession until The Dissolution.^[4]

Centre of Yorkshire

in February 2012 the parish of Hessay was deduced to be at the geographical centre of Yorkshire by Ordnance Survey.^[5]

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
4. Hessay at genuki.org

External links

Media related to Hessay at Wikimedia Commons

• Hessay Parish Council
• Feature on Hessay at Yorkshire Post, March 2012